More Hydrographics: Dip Coating Works on More Complicated Surfaces Than You'd Think

Remember the camo-dipping technique we looked at last month? To refresh your memory, it's a good way to get a complicated pattern (provided you can acquire the material) onto a complicated surface. Well, turns out you can use the technique for really complicated surfaces—like the human hand:

While it's true I couldn't think of any practical reason why you'd need the inside of your hand to look like carbon fiber, hydrographics still has plenty of useful applications. There have been lots of times when I needed to stash my deer skulls in nearby forests where the neighbors wouldn't spot them, and this stuff really saved my bacon.

If they had this coating in the first place, they wouldn't have ended up like this. Oh, the irony

If they had this coating in the first place, they wouldn't have ended up like this. Oh, the irony

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